Scaredy Cat

So... me and heights. We just don't seem to get along. Last summer I really felt like I had conquered most of this stupid fear. And by conquer I mean I can keep my crazy in check and act like I'm okay. I had a few freak outs on top of a mountain, and then I finally got over it. After a nice long panicky cry and a second attempt, me and mountains made friends.

Zion's National Park on our 1st hike in the mountains last year

I climbed Angels Landing more times than I can count, and countless other ridiculous mountains that scare the poo out of me. I learned that my shoes really will grip the sloping rock and I won't fall. I also learned that I am coordinated (enough) and my body isn't going to suddenly spaz and throw me off the face of the rocks.

Angel's Landing last Summer

All of these lovely little lessons I learned flew out the freaking window yesterday though. We headed up to Red Cliffs to do some hiking in the 80 degree weather (Bam!). The Spring is beautiful there with a gorgeous river and lots of pools and little waterfalls.

I was a giant baby, taking tiny, little, slow steps on the sloping rock. Swearing I was going to slip off the rock. Panicking at steep parts, refusing to climb down parts I swore I couldn't climb back up (I could and I did). Chad was super patient with me though and convinced me to go everywhere he went.

We hiked up and down all of the gorgeous red rocks, and managed to get down to the river and play in the freezing cold water. We slid down waterfall "slides" and Chad jumped into the pools. We were tired, freezing and wet when we were done, and it was a ton of fun!

We are stoked that summer is finally here and we can head back outside to play :)

Party in Provo

We decided to live it up BYU style once we got in to Provo Friday night. So the four of us put on some plaid and headed out to the Hoedown Preference! The last time I went to preference was seriously almost 10 years ago, and this was just as awesome as I remember.

We played some carnival games, piled in to the photobooth a few times, and let loose on the dance floor with a bunch of 18 year olds. It was awesome. If any of you have seen Chad's dancing skills you know it was a VERY good time. Those of you who remember the dancing from high school days... just know that the dancing has gotten even more wild and crazy :)

I forgot to take pictures of the pictures (classy no?) from when we were all in cowboy hats and mustaches, now that was a good look for us all. We finished the night off with some Magnum ice cream bars which were everything we wanted them to be.

Saturday morning Patrick made us a killer breakfast. Coconut crusted french toast anyone? SO good. Then we headed up to Salt Lake. We wandered around the new, beautiful mall. We spent most of our time oogling everything in Anthropologie. New life goal: be able to shop at this store.

Lunch consisted of delicious and huge sandwiches! We drank strange sparkling lemonades and orange juices and bought a few pieces of chocolate and caramels. Because if there's a Godiva anywhere close Chad and I will find it!

After lunch we headed back to the mall and crossed the street over to a modern art museum. It was freaky weird. Lots of TV's with strange images and weird voices talking to us. At one point Ashley pointed out Samara on one of the screens. But then Patrick led us to the karaoke room. He saved us from the creepy and we proceeded to spend hours singing karoake to our hearts content while Korean people danced on the screen to clearly different songs than we were singing. It was crazy, still slightly creepy, but outrageously fun.

Singing and Dancing to MmmBop

Chad's favorite thing is to dress up and go out, much of why he loves Las Vegas. So we all dressed up and headed out for dinner. Unfortunately we did not realize that all of the restaurants would close at 9, on a Saturday night. Where are we? St. George?! After a lot of failed attempts we finally found a great place where we feasted on Udon noodles and Sushi. Holy Goodness! It was delicious. Chad has been searching for good Udon noodles ever since Hawaii and we've both been searching for sushi since then as well. Mission accomplished. Too bad it's 3 1/2 hours away from us.

I just couldn't resist putting this picture up. 

Sunday morning Chad and I slept in while Ash and Pat went to church. We all had blizzards for breakfast, nachos for lunch, and played a crazy game, Munchkins, all afternoon. We finally managed to tear ourselves away and head back home. Crying the whole way. Ok, so we weren't crying, mostly because they'll be coming down to see us soon and party in Vegas :)

Woot Spring Break!

Spring Break

It's Spring Break week! So naturally we decided to leave this:

and head through the ice and snow to spend the weekend in this:

It was all worth it though thanks to these two:

Spring Break: Trampoline Tuesday

We had a coupon to AntiGravity and decided to try it out today. We both got an hour of jumping for free! As soon as we got there we knew we were gonna be in for an awesome time with all the other 8 year olds that were there to rock out for Spring Break! There was a giant arena that was about 4 trampolines by 8 or 9, with trampolines up on the wall too, as you can see from that awesome picture. We went nuts, bouncing over everything, attempting to bounce off the walls, and lots and lots of flipping.

After a good half an hour or so Chad finally convinced me to try to do a front flip. Once I realized that I was a grown adult with full control over my body, and that if the six year old next to me could do it I could too, I gave it a go. No, I did not smash my face, break my neck or injure myself, I just flipped over, phew. After that it was game on and we really went crazy. Jumping off the walls proved to be pretty difficult though considering that the wall basically just threw you back down and you ended up looking like a spaz with no control over your legs. An awesome spaz though that could jump off walls.

We were pooped after about and hour and a half, and super hot and sweaty. What a workout! It was a rockin' awesome time and we will definitely be back with our coupon stash to release our inner 8 year olds!

Spring Break: Movie Monday

It's Spring Break Week! WoooHooo, Spring Break! Not that our lives are terribly busy otherwise but it's an excuse to do fun things. Today was full of LAZINESS, lots of sleeping in and naps followed by good eats and movies, with some job applications somewhere in the middle. Not a bad start.

Homemade mac & cheese, yum :)

Brownie Sundaes and Chocolate Chip Cookies

Nothing goes with chocolate like Red Bull